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In the movie "Spice and Wolf".
Frightened by Holo's true form, Lawrence fell to the ground. After a long time, he crawled up from the ground with a look of fear on his face.
Moreover, Holo's figure had disappeared from the spot.
Recalling what happened before, Lawrence instinctively returned to the village he had been to before and found a reason to stay there, but in the middle of the night he met the girl Chloe.
Chloe asked him to treat her and during the period told him that there was a big business. If it went well, he would be able to make a lot of money and even open a store in the city and no longer have to wander around.
Lawrence should have gladly accepted this condition, but for some reason, Holo's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and he abruptly rejected the other party's proposal.
After leaving the tavern, Lawrence returned to his room and was about to rest, but suddenly found that the girl named Holo whom he had met before was lying next to him.
Holo told the surprised Lawrence that she had made an agreement with someone in the village to bless the village with a good harvest every year, but because the constant good harvest put pressure on the land, sometimes she had to make the harvest worse.
The villagers felt that the Wise Wolf was too casual and became increasingly disappointed with the Wise Wolf Holo. In recent years, due to the improvement of planting technology, the village was able to rely on itself to ensure a good harvest every year.
Therefore, even Holo herself realized that no one in the village needed the wise wolf anymore.
Facing Holo's dejected look, Lawrence was unable to respond for a moment. After a long while, he finally said:
"Where do you want to go after you leave the village?"
"I want to... go back north..."
After receiving this answer, Lawrence seemed to have made up his mind for a moment.
The next day, when Lawrence left the village, a pair of wolf ears appeared in the carriage behind him.
Holo put on Lawrence's only set of female clothing and sat on the passenger seat of the carriage.
At this point, the two officially began a wonderful journey.
Chapter 479 (VI) The Fraud of an Unscrupulous Couple
Chapter 479
The opening of "Spice and Wolf" does not have the heart-pounding and exciting scenes of previous movies. Lawrence and Holo just made their choices calmly and embarked on their journey.
Faced with such a story, the audience did not show any disappointment. In fact, most of them watched the story quietly and attentively, quickly putting themselves in the shoes of the protagonist.
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After Lawrence and Holo set out on their journey, it started raining and they had to find a place to take shelter.
They came to a nearby church, claiming to be a traveling couple, and said that Holo had burns on her face and could not see anyone.
The church priest believed them and generously lent them a place to stay.
After checking in, Lawrence and Holo first tidied up their wet clothes, and then went to the lobby to rest, where there were other businessmen.
As was his habit as a businessman, Lawrence started chatting with the people around him.
"You came from Yorian?"
"Yes, I bought the salt from Yossi, and then I delivered it to the customer, and I bought the mink from him."
"This...are you going to go back to Yossiana later? Isn't this too much trouble?"
“This depends on the wisdom of businessmen.”
"oh?"
“When I bought salt in Yolián, I did not pay for it on the spot. I sold an equal amount of wheat to a branch of the same company that sold salt in another town. At that time, I did not receive payment for the wheat from the branch, but I did not pay for the salt either. In other words, I completed two transactions without any cash transactions.”
"This... is really amazing."
Hearing Lawrence's clever deal, the others exclaimed in amazement.
For this, even a noble nearby looked at him with surprise and invited Lawrence to visit his territory in the future.
Later, when Lawrence was about to leave, a man who looked very shrewd suddenly came over.
He called himself Jie Lian, and while saying all kinds of polite words to get close to each other, he spoke in a tone as if it were a top-secret news, saying that a new silver coin with a higher silver content would be issued soon.
Although the new and old silver coins are worth the same as each other, when compared with other silver coins, the new silver coin with a higher silver content outperforms the old silver coin.
In other words, if you know in advance which currency will issue new silver coins, you can make a fortune by earning the difference by collecting a large number of old silver coins and then exchanging them for new ones.
Jerry told Lawrence that he could provide information on which currency among the various currencies in circulation in the world could make money using this difference method.
But in return, Lawrence must give him a share of the profits.
Lawrence naturally did not trust the other party's words, but he still believed that there was profit to be made, so after discussing with Holo, he decided to agree to the other party's conditions.
During the conversation, Lawrence couldn't help but be surprised at Holo's wisdom. After all, she looked like a young girl, but she knew many things that made him ashamed.
Afterwards, the two continued their journey.
After arriving at the next town, Holo suddenly said that she wanted to eat an apple. Lawrence couldn't resist her and finally gave her a silver coin. Unexpectedly, she exchanged the entire silver coin for an apple.
Lawrence was about to complain about this, but Holo claimed that she could help him earn back the money he had spent.
Lawrence didn't understand what the other party was going to do, so he went ahead and sold the mink fur in his car as planned.
He went to the Milon Chamber of Commerce and introduced the mink fur he brought to the head of the chamber of commerce.
"This year, all crops have been harvested in abundance, so the supply of mink fur is very limited. These are rare treasures that are rarely seen in many years. Although they were soaked by rain on the way, the mink fur has not lost its luster at all. Please be sure to come and see it with your own eyes."
Hearing Lawrence's righteous words, the Chamber of Commerce manager nodded with satisfaction and said:
"One hundred and thirty-two Trini silver coins. What do you think of this price?"
Lawrence suddenly felt a little dissatisfied with this answer, but he did not show it on the surface. He just coughed twice and continued:
"These mink furs are rare and of uniform quality. I brought the mink furs here today because I received your care in the wheat trade. I hope to establish a good cooperative relationship with your bank in the future."
Hearing Lawrence's words, the Chamber of Commerce manager nodded and said:
"Our firm fully agrees with your idea. So, considering our close relationship in the future, I will give you 140 coins. What do you think?"
Lawrence was satisfied with this answer, but when he was about to accept it, Holo suddenly appeared.
"You are proposing one hundred and forty Trini silver coins, correct?"
"Yes."
"Didn't you notice?"
"I'm sorry, did I miss something?"
"Well, you must be a very good businessman... Is that the case, so you pretended not to notice? If that's the case, then I can't be careless with you."
"Where... where? I'm so ashamed that I didn't notice it. If it's convenient, could you please tell me what I missed?"
Holo glanced at Lawrence, signaling him to hand over everything to her, and continued:
"Well, sir, could you please smell these furs?"
"???"
Not understanding what Holo said, the Chamber of Commerce manager slowly pulled the mink skin close to his nose and sniffed the scent.
The next moment, the expression on his face was completely replaced by surprise.
"How?"
“Is this the aroma of fruit?”
"Yes, sir, you just mentioned that there are very few mink furs this year because of the good harvest, so the forest is also full of fruits. These minks were still jumping around in such a forest not long ago. I guess they must have eaten a lot of fruits, which is why their bodies emit such a sweet smell."
"this… "
The Chamber of Commerce manager was stunned for a moment.
Holo continued to talk:
"As you know, these furs are mink furs that have a sweet smell and emit a fragrant smell. Because the muscles of these minks are tight, it took two strong men a lot of effort to peel the skin off. Please imagine: among a pile of clothes made of smelly mink fur, if there is a piece of clothing made of fragrant mink fur, how much would you be willing to pay for these mink furs?"
After listening to Holo's words, the Chamber of Commerce manager was completely impressed by her eloquence and couldn't help but speak:
"Two hundred Trini silver coins, what do you think?"
When Lawrence heard the amount, he couldn't help but gasp. One hundred and forty coins was already a very high price, and two hundred coins was simply an unimaginable amount.
When Holo heard this answer, she continued:
"How about three silver coins for a mink? That's two hundred and ten."
"this… "
"Master, other companies..."
"Ah, please sell it to us for 210 pieces!"
Hearing the words of the Chamber of Commerce manager, a smile suddenly appeared on Holo's face.
After these words, Holo successfully completed the shipment of this batch of furs at almost twice the price, and she also directly told Lawrence that the fruity aroma on the mink fur was purely brought by the apples bought before, and had nothing to do with the mink itself.
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After continuous development, the story of "Spice and Wolf" finally revealed its true face.
The so-called Orc Wise Wolf is just a shell on the story coat. In essence, it is a movie that describes business and reveals the basic operating rules of business.
After watching many scenes in the movie, the businessmen in the cinema were all ashamed, obviously feeling the impact brought by the interweaving of reality and fantasy.
Apart from that, ordinary people were discussing the content of the movie with great interest, and were obviously very interested in this kind of story that reveals the nature of business.
"This is really interesting. Is this what businessmen usually do?"
"Through different channels, goods are purchased and sold at different prices in different places of origin, and the difference in profit is earned. This is the essence of business."
"My father is a businessman. I originally thought that inheriting his business would be a boring thing, but now it seems that being a businessman is not so boring after all."
"The exchange system that Lawrence proposed before is very interesting. If I had thought of this method when I was doing business before, I wouldn't have missed such a good opportunity. If I had directly exchanged my goods with other goods and then sold them, I might have made several times the price."
"Yes, but this is a tactic that every businessman knows. Are you new to the industry? You're still too young."
"I can't help it. I'm a businessman who started out as a businessman. I've never worked in this industry before."
"Compared to the exchange, Holo's method of deceiving the boss of the Chamber of Commerce was more sophisticated. However, in business, this is not a lie at all, but a reasonable persuasion. After all, in this business, there is no truth. If you can tell a story that others believe, then it is the true story."
“But if the Chamber of Commerce boss knew the truth, wouldn’t he be angry?”
"No, no, no, how can someone in this business be angry about this? After all, every failure makes one wiser. Only after experiencing things can one improve and not be cheated in bigger businesses. The tuition is so cheap, he should be happy."
"Yes, and maybe the boss of the Chamber of Commerce can use this trick to fool others in the future. In this business, after a lie is told a hundred times, it becomes the final truth."
"How profound..."
"… "
In the cinema, you can often hear young people hearing similar words from the older generation.
After all, basically everyone with a certain amount of life experience knows the principles of doing business.
The thing that people deal with the most in their lives is money.
If you deal with money more often, you will understand many seemingly profound things through osmosis.
Therefore, most people did not criticize Holo's approach. Instead, they thought it was a clever trick. Even the deceived Chamber of Commerce boss was not angry about it.
If you are too impatient and too emotional when dealing with money, you are doomed to gain nothing. Only by continuous learning and learning lessons can you reap rich rewards one day.
At the same time, in a movie theater in the West, young men Neil and Franky were also shocked by the story in the movie and the interpretation of business by the people around them.
Being still young, they never imagined that there are so many tricks in simple commodity trading, and these things do not seem boring at all, but full of fun.
Also, Neil had never been to a movie before.
At first, he thought from the bottom of his heart that movies were just like stage plays, meaningless, and that watching movies was a pure waste of time, but now, this idea has gradually changed.
At this moment, he felt that this so-called movie seemed to have a strange magic that kept attracting him.
The so-called movie seems to be really interesting.
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In the Orc Kingdom.
Compared to the human empire, which is generally very familiar with business and most adults are very familiar with it, the vast majority of orcs in the orc kingdom are completely confused about the business described in the movie.
After all, due to the abnormal development of the Orc Kingdom over the past thousands of years, this country still does not have a functioning monetary system.